Lady In Red No. 5 Claim

The Lady In Red No. 5 Claim is a thorium mine located in Gunnison county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,871 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Lady In Red No. 5 Claim  

State:  Colorado

County:  Gunnison

Elevation: 8,871 Feet (2,704 Meters)

Commodity: Thorium

Lat, Long: 38.34083, -107.13778

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Lady In Red No. 5 Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lady In Red No. 5 Claim


Commodity

Primary: Thorium
Tertiary: REE


Location

State: Colorado
County: Gunnison
District: Goose Creek District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Tolvar Peak Stock


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: BAKER AND ANCTIL (1954) REPORT BACKGROUND RADIATION OF 0.05 MR/HR, RANGE TO 0.10 MR/HR


Materials

Ore: Thorite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite


Comments

Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN BUT COULD BE EITHER OR BOTH OF TWO TH PROSPECTS ON RIDGE THRU CENTER OF SECTION, AS MAPPED BY OLSON AND HEDLUND (1973). ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PROSPECT NEAR CENTER OF SECTION IN C N2 NW SE. OTHER PROSPECT LOCATED IN NW NE SW. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Comment (Deposit): THORIUM VEINS IN THIS AREA ARE ONE OF FOUR ENVIRONMENTS OF TH OCCURRENCE KNOWN IN POWDERHORN-IRON HILL AREA AND ARE PROBABLY RELATED TO EMPLACEMENT OF LATE PRECAMBRIAN SYENITES NORTH AND WEST OF IRON HILL AND OF YOUNGER LATE PRECAMBRIAN OR CAMBRIAN CARBONATITES AT IRON HILL. FOLIATION OF DUBOIS GREENSTONE COUNTRY ROCK TREND STRONGLY N 40 E, 80 TO 90 SE. EASTERN QUARTZ VEIN TRENDS N 5 E. WEST QUARTZ VEIN IS EXTENSION OF FAULT TRENDING N 70 E. SMALL SYENITE INTRUSION LOCATED ON HILLTOP 0.6 MILE NE OF EAST PROSPECT.

Comment (Workings): SURFACE PROSPECT CUTS


References

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40. P. 174-175.

Reference (Deposit): BAKER, K.E., AND ANCTIL, R.J., 1954, AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPT. DEB-PRR-C-1530.

Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GATEVIEW QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1071.

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1961, FOUR ENVIRONMENTS OF THORIUM-, NIOBIUM-, AND RARE-EARTH-BEARING MINERALS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 424-B, P. B283-B286.


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